Convertible door.



D. 0. GLERKIN.

CONVERTIBLE DOOR,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1914.

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Patented Jan.19, 1915.

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CONVERTIBLE DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1914 1,125,061. Patented Jan. 19,1915.

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DORA O. CLERKI'N, OF LORAIN, OHIO.

CONVERTIBLE DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed May 11, 1914. Serial No. 837,751.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DORA O. GLERKIN, citizen of the United States, res1ding at Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to convertible doors, and has for its object to provide folding doors which can be converted into ornamental columns at the door way, each door consisting of a plurality of sections which are hinged together, and capable of being folded to form a hollow column or pillar near the side of the door way.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front illustration of the doors unfolded. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, folded to form columns. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section.

Referring specifically to the drawings, each door consists of four vertical sections indicated at 5, 5 and 6, 6. These sections are hinged together by concealed hinges as indicated at 8. -The outer section 5 or 6 of each door is pivoted in the door casing 4:, at the top and bottom, by pivots 7, located at the middle line of said section.

By the construction shown the door sections may be opened to straight relation to close the door-way as indicated in Fig. 1,

and the sections can then all swing on the pivots 7. When it is desired to have a communicating opening through the door way, the end sections 5 and 6 are given a quarter turn, and the other sections are folded on their hinges to form hollow columns located respectively at opposite sides of the door way, as indicated in Fig. 2. This leaves an unobstructed opening between the columns, and provides an ornamental appearance. The number of sections may be varied according to the shape of the columns desired, or other local conditions, and the invention is not limited to the exact embodiment illustrated and described.

What I claim as new is l. A door comprising a plurality of vertical sections hinged together and foldable into the form of a column, one of said sections being pivotally mounted in the door way.

2. A door comprising a plurality of vertical sections hinged together and foldable to the form of a column, the outer end section being pivoted at top and bottom to the door Way.

In testimony whereof, I do afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DORA O. CLERKIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BoMMHARn'r, LOUIS A. Mosns.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

